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would love to see the second stage landing .. from the camera mounted on board
 
OK for those who missed it, here is the whole show on youtube.
The launch is about the 32 minute mark and watch from about 41 minutes for the incredible first stage landing.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4[/video]

And the landing sequence for those who don't want to watch the whole thing. :D

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/m-38td5KRUg[/video]
 
That's very cool. Have you noticed that most people in the control centre looked like they just left Uni?
 
Beagleboy said:
That's very cool. Have you noticed that most people in the control centre looked like they just left Uni?
Very cool indeed Beagleboy. And they are young, aren't they? Isn't great to see the stereotyping of young people couldn't be further from the truth.
 
Yes a very young crowd. It reminded me of this.....

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Next SpaceX launch at 5.42am Jan 18. NSW time.
This time the lsmding of the first stage will be on a barge in the ocean. Sorry for the late notice. More details below.
Watch it here if ya not sleeping. http://www.spacex.com/

Date
Mon, Jan 18 2016 5:42 AM AEDT Mon, Jan 18 2016 7:00 AM AEDT
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With this mission, SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the Jason-3 satellite to low-Earth orbit for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), French space agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The Jason-3 launch is targeted for a 10:42am PT launch from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. If all goes as planned, the Jason-3 satellite will be deployed approximately an hour after launch. This mission also marks an experimental landing of the first stage on the SpaceX drone ship Just Read the Instructions. The landing of the first stage is a secondary test objective.
 
I saw they were going to havago at landing at sea, but tomorrow morning pffft i'll be dreaming of it :lol: :lol: probably not be dreaming of something abstract no doubt :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Apparently not a successful test this time with a "heavy landing" breaking one of the legs and falling over on the barge. I haven't found any video yet as they lost communication with the landing zone cameras.

Amusing that they can launch satelites and land the first stage but can't keep the cameras online. :8 8)
 

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